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Release Manager - China

Voodoo is a Tech company that creates and publishes hyper-casual and casual mobile games for a wide audience. It is the worldwide leader in the mobile game market through snackable, innovative and creative content combining data and new technologies.

The company raised $200M in 2018 and we have been certified a Great Place to Work France 2020 and Best Workplace 2021. More recently, Tencent has become a minority stakeholder in Voodoo, with a role in framing our strategy to dominate the Asia Pacific region.

#1 worldwide in mobile game downloads, and regularly at the top of the App Store rankings, our games have about 300 million monthly active users and more than 5 billion downloads since our creation. Voodoo is one of the most impressive examples of hypergrowth in the ecosystem, having multiplied its turnover by 5 over the past few years.

With more than 360 employees around the world, we would love you to apply to join an ambitious, innovative and international company!

We recruit passionate and creative profiles, who seek to harness the power of data and new technologies to disrupt the mobile market. Driven by a test-and-learn culture, we welcome talented people wishing to undertake and manage unique, ambitious and challenging projects. Our goal is to foster excellence at all levels -individual, team and company, which to us means solving problems by breaking the rules, learning fast and autonomously and delivering with the best execution.

Before applying, you need to know that the company’s Culture is very important to us. Our employees evolve within an environment designed to be fulfilling. Life at Voodoo is characterised by numerous events throughout the year that allow you to feel fully integrated into the team and to get involved in creative and innovative projects. Among them: onboarding programs, our annual global summit, other company-wide events, hackathons, game jams, wellness events and more.

Voodoo is seeking for Release Manager who will be responsible for release and operation of Voodoo games in China. This individual will be responsible for coordinating with multiple internal and external stakeholders to ensure the timely and accurate releases of our titles in China.

To be successful in this role, you should have experience of mobile game release and operation in China, should be a process-oriented person, and a confident executor and decision-maker who derives satisfaction by delivering successful game publish and driving productivity.

- Identify target opportunities to complement and expand the reach and attractiveness for Voodoo in market through partnership with China-based studios

- Identify target and drive studio, platform partners for releasing games in China, including culturalized, customized, and ported versions for multiple platforms

- Responsible for understanding China markets, and using competitive insights to help create actionable operational plans

- Establish and maintain exceptional partner relationships with the necessary partner stakeholders for the purpose of releasing games in China

- Secure release build management & coordinate the efforts of the release cycle, ensuring smooth and timely communication among stakeholders

- Document and communicate project status and scheduling

- Establish and maintain exceptional partner relationships with the necessary partner stakeholders for the purpose of sustaining and expanding cooperation

- Responsible for maintaining data collection, analyzing data sets, reporting and providing actionable recommendations and conclusions for better drive publishing operation

- Undergraduate Degree or equivalent combination of education and experience in a related field

- Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills in both Mandarin and English; French is a plus

- Self-motivated with strong propensity for action, results and continuous improvement

- The ability to work successfully in a high-energy, fast paced, rapidly changing environment is necessary

- Exceptional organizational skills with the ability to multi-task and manage multiple processes, programs, and procedures simultaneously while working under pressure to meet deadlines

- Ability to differentiate and successfully position new, disruptive solutions

- Ability to participate effectively in cross-functional teams and work well in a matrixed management environment

- Ability to manage and report on simultaneous partner engagements, across an account base excellent critical thinking and analytical skills a must

- You have a passion (arts, music, sports, etc.)

Competitive compensation package ⧫ Phantom shares ⧫ Remote days ⧫ Lunch card ⧫ Wellness activities ⧫ Hackathon ⧫ Seminars ⧫ Global Summit

We are offering all members of staff a flexible vacation policy, allowing them to take as many paid days off as they wish as long as the work is done and objectives are achieved.

Our recruitment process typically includes a call with our recruitment team, as well as interviews with your future manager and team members focusing on job fit. Lastly, a test /case study will feature at some point in your process.